December 12, 2011 / Sports

BRUNSWICK Whether it was first-game nerves or not, the Brunswick High School boys basketball team was just a tick off in the first half of its Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference season opener against Cony on Friday night, trailing the Rams 23 More...

STATESBORO, Ga. (AP) — Quarterback Jaybo Shaw ran for two touchdowns and threw for another Saturday to lead Georgia Southern to a 35-23 win over Maine in the Football Championship Subdivision quarterfinals. More...

Suggs, UNE stuns 14th-ranked Colby WATERVILLE — The University of New England women’s basketball team held 14th-ranked Colby scoreless for the first three minutes of overtime en route to a 70-63 victory over the Mules at Wadsworth More...

BRUNSWICK — Jill Henrikson and Ellery Gould combined for 40 points as the Bowdoin College women’s basketball team used a strong second half to take a 66-60 non-conference win over rival Bates on Thursday evening at Morrell Gymnasium.&nbsp More...

FREEPORT — The Freeport High School girls basketball team opened its season Friday with a 62- 31 win over North Yarmouth Academy. Freeport, scheduled to visit Cape Elizabeth on Tuesday, led 18-12, 32-15 and 46-23 at the quarter breaks.&nb More...

NORTH YARMOUTH — Mitch Loeman scored a gamehigh 18 points as the Freeport High School boys basketball team won its Western Maine Conference season-opener, 61- 39 over North Yarmouth Academy on Friday. More...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The adrenaline had long since worn off by the time Pittsburgh quarterback Ben Roethlisberger slowly — very slowly — trudged toward his locker following the Steelers’ 14-3 win over Cleveland on Thursday night. More...

ORONO In July, Colonial Athletic Association coaches picked the University of Maine football team to finish ninth in the 10-team conference (Massachusetts was not counted in the league standings because of its pending move to the Bowl Champion More...